..With neonatal-streptozotocin diabetic rats, paeonol (200 and 400mg/kgbody wt.) was found to improve oral glucose tolerance in vivo. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the anti-diabetic effect of paeonol...

Mechanisms of the cerebral vasodilator actions of isoflavonoids of Gegen on rat isolated basilar artery

..With the aim to study the efficacy of two commonly used herbs for ulcer healing, namely Radix Astragali and Radix Rehmanniae, a good animal model needs to be developed for a proper in vivo investigation...

In vitro antidiabetic activities of five medicinal herbs used in Chinese medicinal formulae

..In conclusion, the five herbs exhibited distinct antidiabetic mechanisms in vitro and hence our investigations provided scientific evidence to support the traditional usage of these herbs for diabetic treatment in medicinal formulae...

Investigation of the effects of Chinese medicine on fibroblast viability: implications in wound healing

..The transient increase in CD4/CD8 ratio was likely due to the TCM intake. We postulate that the administration of the innovative TCM may have beneficial immunomodulatory effects for preventing viral infections including SARS...